The Irish standard., 1887-08-20
together and consequently they have

together and consequently they have
come to look upon Irish self-govern-
ment as being not such a wicked thing
after all. The Dublin Freeman's
journal of a recent date contains re-,
port of the proceedings of the Glad
stone branch of the Protestant Home
Rule Association Of Ireland, held at
Amaclone, Ulster. The hall in which
the meeting was held was literally
jammed and the greatest enthusiasm
prevailed. The following resolutions,
which were unanimously adopted at
this meeting will be perused with i'll
terest by our readers. They were
moved by Mr.. w. Gibson and seconded
by Mr. T. Dickson, and are as spirited
and independent as the most patriotic
Irishman could desire:
l. That we protest against the Co
ercion Bill as an unwarraDtable viola
tion of Qur civil liberties, calculated to
embitter the relations existing between
Great Britain aud Ireland and to post
pone indefinitely any real union be-
tween the two countries.
2. That we tender Mr.. Parneli and
the Irish Parliamentary party our SYM
pathy with them under the wanton and
infamous attacks of the Times and
other anti-Irish papers, and we desire
to express our confidence in them and
to thank them for their fidelity to the
Irish cause.
3. We record our deep sense of he
noble service rendered to our country
by Mr.. Gladstone and the other leaders
Of the great Liberal party and trust that
the Irish and hberty-loving people of
Great Britain will soon restore them to
the conduct OF the affairs of the EN-
pire.
4. That with the testimony Of the
Cowper Commission to the prolonged
and unprecedented depression in agri-
culture and the impossihility of paying
present rent out OF profit, We regard the
Government Land Bill a fraud upon
the British public and 4 mockery Of the
grave necessities of the farming class !;
and we affirm onr belief that a conpul-
sorry Land Purchase Bill without pre-
YlOus necessary reductions of rent can
not settle the agrarian difficulty in Ire
land.
S. That in the opinion of this meeting
no settlement of the Irish question can
be satisfactory to the people of this
country and in harmony with the prin-
ciple Of Justice that does not recognize
the right of ireland to complete auton-
orny in affairs purely Irish.
Verify this is the same spirit that
moved the Liberal minded Protestants
in Ireland in days gone by. These are
the grandsons of the men who battled
nobly against England absorbing the
interests Of Ireland in the latter part of
tie last eighteenth century and in the
early part of the nineteenth. ANY per-
son who has followed closely the history
OF Irish wrongs, cannot fail to be struck
with the oatspoken sentiments Of
Presbyterians during the. troublesome
times" 1t was the son OF a Presby.
terian clergyman who, on the 23rd day
Of January. 1899, in the Irish House of
Commons. gave expression to these
words: "Sir, I, in the most express
terms deny the competency Of Parlia-
lament to do this act warn you, do
not dare to lay your hands on the con-
s!itntion. T. tell you that if, as circum.
stanced are, you pass this act, it will be
a nullity and that no man in Ireland
will be bound to obey you. I make the
assertion deliberately, ] repeat it, and I
call upon any n1an who hears NE to
take down my words. You have not
been elected Tor this purpose. You are
appointed to act under the constitution,
not to alter it, are appointed to
exercise the functions of legislators,
not to transfer them. And if you do
SO, your act is q dissolution Of the gov
ernment. You revolve society with it's
original elem ents, and no man in the
land is bound to obey you.' And the
spirit Of '9S is not dead. Admittedly it
has been slumbering, but when the
right time comes we believe the Presby
terians of Ulster will awaken and show
that they are worthy grandsons of men
who dearly loved their native land.
MO0NEY'S REVENGE.